καταλέγω
katalégō · G2639 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to put one’s name on a list, to enter someone on a list
To enroll a person as a member of a group
Examples1 Timothy 5:9 A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- χήραwidow 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τεκνοτροφέωto raise 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀπογράφω apográphō · G583 · to register, to put on a census list
- ἀπογράφω means to register or enroll officially (especially in census contexts), making it a functional near synonym of καταλέγω for the sense of placing someone on an official list.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐξαλείφω exaleíphō · G1813 · to wipe away, to eliminate, to do away with
- ἐξαλείφω is the lexical opposite of καταλέγω: where καταλέγω enrolls or places a name on a list, ἐξαλείφω removes or erases a name from a record or register.
In the other Testament 3 words
- כָּתַב kâthab · H3789 · to write down, to write, to inscribe
- The Hebrew verb כָּתַב encompasses the act of recording or enrolling names in writing, which is the functional equivalent of Greek καταλέγω when used in the sense of enrolling someone on an official list or register.
- מָנָה mânâh · H4487 · to count, to number, to be counted among
- The Hebrew verb מָנָה is used for numbering or enrolling people in censuses and official counts, functionally equivalent to the enrollment sense of καταλέγω (e.g., numbering the tribes, military enrollment).
- פָּקַד pâqad · H6485 · to observe, to visit, to inspect
- When פָּקַד is used in the sense of mustering or numbering people for military or census purposes, it serves as a functional Hebrew equivalent to the enrollment/registration meaning of καταλέγω.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To put one’s name on a list, to enter someone on a list33.44
- In 1 Timothy 5:9, Paul instructs Timothy on the church's list of widows, “A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,” using this word for the act of formally registering someone on an official roster.
Word family 39 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : present passive imperative καταλεγέσθω; 1. properly, to lay down; middle to lie down…
1. properly, to lay down; middle to lie down (Homer).
2. to narrate at length, recount, set forth (from Homer on).
3. to set down in a list or register, to enroll (especially soldiers; see Passow, under the word, 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 (yet the latter connect this use with the meaning of to choose))): of those widows who held a prominent place in the church and exercised a certain superintendence over the rest of the women, and had charge of the widows and orphans supported at public expense, 1 Tim 5:9 (Winer's Grammar, 590 (549)); cf. DeWette (or Ellicott) at the passage.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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